The 170th Secret War in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou (4)

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The front line was in an emergency, the loss of troops was lost, and Tang Jiyao had to fight the idea of local bandits in Guizhou when he could not get reinforcements from Yunnan, so Chen Haohui entered Duyun in a grand manner.

Tang Jiyao's army is relatively strict, although tens of thousands of soldiers have gathered in the small Duyun County, many of whom were bandits and hooligans before, but the order is okay, and the influx of soldiers has also made this small county town deformed and prosperous, a large number of tobacco houses and brothels have sprung up, and the casino is even more crowded with soldiers with guns on their backs.

Only at the gate of the county seat, can you feel the ruthlessness of this bald young man, dozens of corpses were strangled by the neck with ropes and fell high on the city tower, most of them have been hardened, and a small number of them have only been dead for a few days, and there are even many women and soldiers.

After arriving at the county office, Chen Haohui met with three other powerful figures, Liu Cunhou, Liu Xianshi and Mei Youchen. Needless to say, Liu Cunhou is two years older than Tang Jiyao, hesitant to do things for others, although he was appointed commander-in-chief, the actual military power is still in Tang Jiyao's hands, and the number one general Mei Youchen manages on his behalf.

Mei Youchen is in his twenties, hot-tempered and often pulls out guns to kill people, and in the past few months, there are hundreds of people who have died in his hands and those who are not convinced, and he is a typical martial artist. But Liu Xianshi wears glasses and looks elegant, and looks like a teacher, if it weren't for the bloody massacre in the Guizhou 21 Incident, maybe no one would have associated him with the executioner. Because of Tang Jiyao's support, he has also completely overpowered Dai Jian and others who escaped together, and mastered the remnants of thousands of Qian's army.

After seeing everyone one by one, he also glanced at Liu Cunhou, Mei Youchen and Liu Xianshi a few more times out of the corner of his eye, and these three people were all registered on the list. After Tang Jiyao finished his introduction, he immediately allocated 1,000 men and horses to show his loyalty, and Chen Haohui immediately asked Fang Rui to lead troops to support Yunwu Mountain after asking about the situation in order to show his loyalty.

Tang Jiyao was still very satisfied with his performance, so he immediately set up a banquet to catch the wind, and invited a few dancing girls to accompany him. Chen Haohui was full of meat words, eating nonsense, and brought in dancers to move their hands and feet unruly, but the corner of his eye always paid attention to the venue, and saw that the officers of the Dian Army and the Guizhou Army were seated in two seats, and there was almost no communication except for a few heads and faces during the toast, which shows that the two sides are not in tune ().

After three rounds of lively drinking, Tang Jiyao waved his hand away and asked, "Jizhi (Liu Cunhouzi), how is the situation in the past few days?" ”

Liu Cunhou is different from Tang Jiyao, he is from Sichuan. So after the revolution began, he was bent on bringing troops to aid Sichuan as the reason to return to Sichuan for development, but he didn't expect Chengdu to be occupied by Yang Qiu so quickly, and then learned from Hunan to send a national telegram, not allowing troops from other provinces to enter, and finally could only fight Guizhou with Tang Jiyao. ”

The two have known each other for many years, and Tang Jiyao could feel that something was wrong when he heard his tone, and asked, "What?" Could it be that they have transferred a division over? ”

Liu Cunhou shook his head: "This is not true, there is probably only one brigade." But this brigade is extremely unusual, most of them are Sichuan soldiers, not only are they very good at climbing mountains and wading through rivers, but the spies came back and said that they had seen a lot of special equipment. And they are also equipped with a small cannon, which is more than a meter long, and two people can resist walking, which is not small! The firing range is about 1,000 kilometers, the angle of fire is very high, and the shells do not go straight, but go up and around the bend and fall overhead, even if we are condescending, we can't avoid it, and the momentum after exploding is much greater than the five and seven guns we use. ”

Liu Xianshi was unwilling to continue to stay here for a long time, and also said: "In addition to artillery, they also have a lot more machine guns than before, and there are no less than twenty in one brigade alone." Governor, why don't we retreat to Yunnan first? Yunwu Mountain has been lost, and if it continues to hold on, I am afraid that the brothers' hearts will be scattered, and it is good to withdraw to Yunnan to join Cai Du. ”

"No way!" Before he finished speaking, Mei Youchen Huo Ran, one of the officers of the Yunnan Army, stood up, from the beginning he looked down on these defeated generals of the Guizhou army, three or four thousand people could not even deal with a regiment of the National Defense Army, so that they could not get a foothold in Guiyang, at this moment I heard that he actually wanted to withdraw to Yunnan, and said angrily: "Withdrawing to Yunnan can solve the problem?" We are scattered in the southwest of Guizhou, so that they will not be able to concentrate their forces, if they retreat, Yang Qiu will be able to point directly at Kunming without any scruples! So I suggest that we continue to stick to Guinan! Cooperate with Cai Du to defend it! ”

Of course, Tang Jiyao is not willing to stick to the southwest of Guizhou, there is no money here, there is no food, there is really nothing except opium, so he has been thinking about how to go next. Now that Yunwu Mountain is lost, the situation is getting worse and worse, and it is also a headache. But when he went back and continued to be under Cai Yi's control, he was even more unwilling. After thinking about it, he suddenly looked at Chen Haohui, who was sitting next to him drinking, as if he hadn't heard the discussion, and asked, "Brother Chen, what should you do in your opinion?" ”

Chen Haohui had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and still shirked on the surface: "Governor, my brother has just arrived, and it is inconvenient to speak about these major matters, so you should watch and do it." ”

On the way back, the two chatted deeply many times, and Tang Jiyao gradually found that this young man was not simple, not only in the overall situation thoroughly, but also in military affairs, just looking at the more than 600 guns under his command neatly and neatly can be seen. Seeing him prevarication, I thought that he didn't want to mix when he just came, so he smiled and said: "Brother Chen, if you have any suggestions, just say it, here are all your own brothers." ”

"Since the governor has an order, then the brother will say a few words, and please don't blame you if you don't say it well." Chen Haohui glanced at everyone, threw away the chicken bones in his hand, learned the posture of a bandit bully, cleared his throat and continued: "Brother has also been a soldier before, to say something unpleasant, you can pack up and go home." ”

His words immediately caused an uproar all around, scolding, approving and spectators, Mei Youchen originally wanted to scold him for messing up the army's heart, but before he could speak, he was stopped by Tang Jiyao and asked, "Why does Brother Chen have this idea?" No matter how bad Tang is, there are more than 10,000 brothers. ”

Chen Haohui was not afraid of the eyes around him, and said: "If you take Guiyang, my brother's words will naturally disturb the morale of the army, but what are the conditions in the southwest?" The Governor knows better than I do. This place is poor to death, enough to feed hundreds of green forests, and to raise more than 10,000 troops and fight for a long time? It's hard to eat and drink! And the longer it drags on, the more troublesome it becomes. ”

Liu Xianshi heard that he had the intention of retreating, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Chen, don't hide and choke, say it quickly." ”

Chen Haohui glanced at Tang Jiyao and said: "Actually, the governor should have a plan in his heart, my brother just arrived today, and he is not afraid of offending people, so let's get started!" The first one went back to Yunnan, but Yang Qiu already had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Guizhou, and the last time my people returned to Hunan and saw that he was still transferring troops to the border of Hunan and Guizhou, so this road is still the end of falling into the grass (). As for Article 2. His eyes suddenly froze: "No poison, no husband!" Just turn around and head south to Guilin, then contact the north and wait for the opportunity! Moreover, it is close to the sea, and it is convenient to supply guns and ammunition. Besides! I don't believe that President Yuan Da doesn't want someone to contain Yang Qiu in the south! Don't forget, Guangdong is the old nest of the party, are they willing to be in charge of Yang Qiu? ”

Everyone took a breath of cold air.

Especially Tang Jiyao, the excitement flashed in the depths of his eyes. However, it is not so simple to fight Guangxi, Lu Rongting's three mixed associations are all elites who have fought for a long time on the border, and he himself is also a good fighter, and his good marksmanship has even been praised by the Japanese. So Liu Xianshi immediately waved his hand: "No, don't!" Lu Rongting is quite popular in Guangxi, and there are three mixed associations in hand, and the strength is not under us, Guilin is an important city in the southwest, and it is not easy to defend strongly. ”

Liu Cunhou also said: "Guangxi is indeed a good place, with abundant rice, sufficient soldiers, and no shortage of coal and iron. But as Zhou (Liu Xianshizi) said very rightly, Guilin has a heavy defense, and it is too difficult to take it down with our strength! Moreover, Lu Rongting has never had anything to do with us, so if we offend him rashly, if we can't take it, won't we be attacked on our backs! ”

Chen Haohui snorted coldly: "Nothing to do, okay? The southwest was about to be swallowed by Yang Qiu, but he didn't think about joining forces and only cared about self-preservation, what is the difference between this and helping Hubei? As for Minister Liu's statement that he has a lot of soldiers and generals, I may not see it! Don't forget that Tie Lao (Wang Zhixiang's nickname) is still in Nandan, he is the deputy admiral of the former Qing Dynasty! Not to mention the merits of the frontier, there are still more than 2,000 guns in his hands! After he finished speaking, he suddenly beckoned to Big Yellow Tooth and said, "Big Yellow Tooth, didn't you go to Guilin once a few days ago?" Tell the governor what he sees. ”

Big Yellow Tooth now has the rank of company commander on his shoulders, and he is thinking about making meritorious service as soon as possible and continuing to climb up, so he hurriedly ran over and said: "Back to the governor, a few days ago, the small one went to Guilin to procure, and happened to see a mixed association going to Liuzhou, and the small one inquired and learned that Nandan Tie Lao hooked up with the north, and Lu Baiyi was afraid that he would seize power, so he sent his henchmen to monitor." ”

Hearing this, Tang Jiyao stood up suddenly, his eyes locked on the big yellow teeth: "Is this true?!" ”

Big Yellow Fang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I saw it with my own eyes, if there is half a lie, I (). Big Yellow Fang just wanted to swear by a curse, but Chen Haohui stopped him and said: "My brother has no other skills, but since he followed me, he has never told a lie!" There has been no mistake in the procurement and trading in the stockade. If the governor does not believe, send someone to find out. ”

Tang Jiyao sat down slowly, if this information is true, it is really a good opportunity! One of the three associations in Guangxi was originally stationed in Zhennanguan, but now one has been taken away and sent to Liuzhou, and only one association is left in Guilin! There are more than 3,000 people in the association, even if the city wall of Guilin is made of iron, it can't withstand the attack of its own 20,000 horses!

Geographically and economically, although Guangxi is not as good as Guangdong and Hubei, it is many times better than Guizhou, and it is better than Yunnan, not to mention that it is close to Vietnam and Guangdong. One could buy arms from the French, and the other was a necessary place to go to sea. As long as he can win Guangxi, he is really justified as the governor! Even if he can't contact the north, as long as he joins forces with Yunnan, it will be enough for Yang Qiu to have a headache. If Guangdong can be brought in, will the Kuomintang still dare to sit idly by and watch Yang Qiu's unscrupulous expansion?

Wang Zhixiang has been in Guangxi for many years, has sufficient contacts and has a lot of prestige, and he will inevitably be able to absorb the hearts of the people when he treats him as the deputy governor, and when the time comes, as soon as the new army in Guangxi is integrated, he will have 30,000 or 40,000 troops in his hands, what are you afraid of? !

Thinking of this, his eyes became more and more burning, and once his ambition was released, he could no longer contain it! immediately looked at Liu Cunhou and the others next to him, everyone knew what it meant when they saw his eyes, Mei Youchen was the first to hug his fists and said: "Governor decide, Youchen is willing to take the lead!" ”

Liu Xianshi is obviously also an ambitious person, just now he was just frightened by the Wehrmacht, and at this moment he heard that there is only one association in Guilin, and his mind has changed. Besides, it is better to go to Guangxi to get real power than to see other people's faces here, and said: "I have some friendship with Tie Lao, why don't I take someone to his side and involve Lu Rongting in an association." ”

Since both of them said so, Tang Jiyao didn't ask Liu Cunhou's opinion again, and slapped the table fiercely: "Whether it's life or death, it depends on this time!" If today's event is half a word out of this room, Lao Tzu will kill him alive! ”

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